Arshad al-Salihi (Arabic: أرشد الصالحي, Turkish: Erşat Salihi) is an Iraqi Turkmen politician who has been leader of the Iraqi Turkmen Front since May 2011,[1][2] and a member of the Iraqi parliament since 2010.[3]
Arshad al-Salihi | |
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أرشد الصالحي | |
| President of the Iraqi Turkmen Front | |
| In office May 2011 – 28 March 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1959 (age 64–65) Musalla, Kirkuk, Iraq |
| Political party | Iraqi Turkmen Front |
| Alma mater | University of Baghdad |
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Early life and education
editSalihi was born in the Musalla district of Kirkuk in 1959. He completed primary and secondary education in Kirkuk, later entering the Faculty of Science at the University of Baghdad in 1978.
Career
editAfter secondary school, Salihi began participating in pro-Turkmen political activities, resulting in his arrest by the Ba'athist government in 1979.[4] He spent nine years in Abu Ghraib Prison as a political prisoner. His older brother was executed by the government and his family was expelled to the southern parts of Iraq.
After the fall of Saddam in 2003, he became the representative of the Iraqi Turkmen Front in his native Musalla. After 2004, he served as representative of the party in Syria for 4 years. In 2008 at the Iraqi Turkmen Congress, he was elected as the party's head in Kirkuk. He was elected to the Iraqi Parliament from Kirkuk in the 2010 parliamentary elections.
In 2011, Salihi's home was damaged by a mortar attack, and in 2013 he survived an assassination attempt.[5][6]
In May 2011, he succeeded Sadettin Ergeç and became the leader of the Iraqi Turkmen Front. In 2014 he became the deputy chairman of the party.[7]
In 2014, Salihi was elected as chairman of the Iraqi Parliamentary Human Rights Committee.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Itc Başkanı Salihi´den TİKA´ya Ziyaret" Archived 2018-09-02 at the Wayback Machine. Biz Turkmeniz
- ^ "Iraqi Turkmens demand armed force of their own ahead of Mosul offensive against ISIL". Today's Zaman.
- ^ "Iraqi Turkoman leader escapes mortar attack, 8 people wounded in violence". Trend, 12 May 2011,
- ^ Administrator. "السيرة الذاتية لمرشح جبهة تركمان كركوك المناضل أرشد الصالحي" [Biography of the Kirkuk Turkmen front candidate, the activist Arshad al-Salihi]. تركمن شاني (in Arabic). Retrieved 2015-08-01.
- ^ "discussions_333914.html "Audit reports spark heated budget discussions"[permanent dead link]. Today's Zaman.
- ^ Yawooz Ezzat (17 July 2012). The Treatment of Iraqi Turks Since the Aftermath of WWI: A Human Rights Perspective. Trafford Publishing. pp. 94–. ISBN 978-1-4669-4604-0.
- ^ "IRAK TÜRKMEN CEPHESİ BAŞKANI ERŞAD SALİHİ KERKÜK’TE GÜVENLİK GÜÇLERİ GEREKEN ÖNLEMLERİ ALMIŞTIR KİMSE EVİNİ TERK ETMESİN”. ITC, keruk.net
- ^ "Salihi nominated as head of HR Parliamentary Committee". Iraqi News. By Ahmed Hussein - Sep 22, 2014